My Decision To Transfer School

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Disagreements always have the possibility of causing disturbance and we’d rather not have them. When I’m bickering with someone and I feel it’s an irrelevant argument I always just end with a, “Let’s just agree to disagree,”. A recent decision I made that was disesteemed with my past friend group, was my decision to transfer schools.
I made this decision for the sake of my mental health. I was having about 2 breakdowns a week, and I was about to fail 2 of my classes, while the rest of my grades were mediocre. It felt like I wasn’t going anywhere with my life. People outside of my friend group were stressing me out and annoying me. My state of mind was just crummy at Lane. My mother and I were looking into schools and regularly talking to my

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